Reclaiming and reconnecting to our spirituality in the academy

International Journal of Children's Spirituality

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-95

  Shahjahan, Riyad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OISE/UT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Higher education; Spirituality; Young adults; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944446326     PISSN: 1364436X     EISSN: 14698455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364436042000200843     Document Type: Article

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